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It is hard for people outside the White House to understand the constant daily problems and issues that come up that require the president's attention, but he can not let himself get too personally involved. ↗

— Fred F. Fielding

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Dean had just come from seeing his lawyer. That was the first time that I found out that he had consulted a lawyer. He wanted to tell me what he thought was going on, but he was writing it down as if my house was bugged. He acted like everything was bugged. ↗

— Fred F. Fielding

#bugged #come #consulted #dean #down

I'm still friendly with Dean. He still calls me on the phone from time to time. John Dean was fired and later ended up spending some time in prison for his role in Watergate. ↗

— Fred F. Fielding

#dean #ended #fired #friendly #from time to time

It was frightening because it was the first time I had gotten a sense of how serious the problem was. It became clear from his notes that he felt the president himself was involved. ↗

— Fred F. Fielding

#because #clear #felt #first #first time

Nature has planted in our minds an insatiable longing to see the truth. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

#longing #minds #nature #our #planted

This is the truth: as from a fire aflame thousands of sparks come forth, even so from the Creator an infinity of beings have life and to him return again. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

#beings #come #creator #even #fire

Morgan, Lewis is a very large firm now, but it was not quite as big then. It was exciting for an associate in those days, because you got good and varied assignments and terrific training. ↗

— Fred F. Fielding

#associate #because #big #days #exciting

One regret I have is that I did not learn more about what was happening very early, so that I could have tried to stop people from engaging in illegal activities. ↗

— Fred F. Fielding

#activities #could #did #early #engaging

Soon after I returned to private practice, former Supreme Court Chief Justice Warren Burger called me one day. ↗

— Fred F. Fielding

#burger #called #chief #chief justice #court

The Nixon years were trying. They honed my judgment for everything I did later on. The experience also illustrated for me the importance of training young lawyers properly. ↗

— Fred F. Fielding

#did #everything #experience #honed #i